196. Dominique Dunne: Murder with no justice

About this episode

The episode discusses the tragic murder of actress Dominique Dunne and the failures of the justice system that followed.

Dominique Dunne was 22 and a rising star in in Hollywood in 1982 — she had everything going for her, except when it came to her ex-boyfriend, Ma Maison head chef John Sweeney. She’d broken up with him after several severe beatings and nearly a year of coercive control, but he still wouldn’t leave her alone. When she tried to get the message across, he killed her. That was just the beginning, as a justice system more concerned about protecting the reputation of a man with a history of violence again women than getting justice for his victim let her, her family and her friends down again. Maureen presents. Rebecca gives the NNW review treatment to the Netflix doc “Victim, Suspect.”

People in this episode

Hosts: Maureen, Rebecca

Topics covered

• murder
• justice system
• domestic violence
• Hollywood
• true crime

Keywords

• Dominique Dunne
• John Sweeney
• murder
• justice
• domestic violence
• Hollywood
• Victim Suspect
• true crime

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ma Maison, Netflix

Books & works: Victim, Suspect

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